Toyota 86
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Welcome to the February issue of MOTOR
As usual, there are 146 pages of the latest performance car news and reviews for you to enjoy. Here are some of the highlights
All-wheel drive Toyota 86 hits Oz
Toyota President shows off 86 rally car to local employees
Nissan ponders IDx future
Born-again Datsun 1600 could be a rear-drive cross between Toyota 86 and Nissan 200SX
Lid lifted on Aston’s fastest drop-top
Sun-loving Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster makes its debut
Meet the world’s most fuel-efficient car
Volkswagen has confirmed it will build the world’s most fuel-efficient production car, the ultra-lightweight, two-seat XL1, that consumes just 0.9L/100km.
MOTOR Magazine: Roofless 86
California custom car specialist Cartel Customs has wasted no time in ripping the roof off the US Scion version of the just launched Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ twins.
Lexus IS to get turbo
New 2.0-litre turbo to fire up Lexus range
Toyota plans Mazda killer
This sketch might look harmless, but what you’re looking at could be the death of the mighty Mazda MX-5.
Toyota 86 gets racy
Toyota has built a GT4 racing version of its hugely successful 86 coupe. The stripped-out racer is powered by a 300kW 2.0-litre turbo four, developed especially by Nicholson McLaren Engines.
New Supra to get 300kW hybrid
Details of the eagerly awaited Toyota Supra successor are beginning to leak.
Toyota 86 shows soft top
New images have emerged showing the Toyota 86 convertible with its soft-top roof up for the first time.
Toyota 86: Pikes Peak edition
Is this the most insane Toyota 86 ever? We think so.
Toyota FT-86 G Sports Concept
THE DRIVING force behind Toyota’s aggressive Salon stable is Akio Toyoda, the company’s new petrolhead CEO
Telemetry takes Toyota 86 to the virtual track
Data logger system replays real-world hot laps inside a virtual race circuit
Mazda boss: bring on the Toyota 86 convertible!
It might be on again/off again, but Mazda says it would welcome, not fear, the Toyota 86 Convertible if it’s eventually built.
Toyota 86 Convertible axed
Toyota has shelved plans to build a convertible version of the Toyota 86, according to a new report.
Toyota goes turbo with 86 racer
Toyota in the UK has released details of the first GT4 racing version of the Toyota 86, due to hit the track later this month following completion of the first chassis by UK-based motorsport engineering pioneer GPRM.
Roofless Toyota 86 is go!
Toyota has confirmed it will unveil a concept convertible version of its smash-hit 86 sports car at this year’s Geneva Motor Show (7-17 March, 2013).
Toyota 86 Launch
HYPE can crush a car as quickly as it creates it. But even the extreme level of anticipation ahead of the launch of Toyota’s 86 couldn’t overshadow this driver’s car revelation.
Toyota’s close call with deer
Drifting champion Ken Gushi was filming a commercial for US car company Scion to promote its FR-S (known as the Toyota 86 here), when he expectedly crossed paths with a deer.
Peter Robinson tells: “I’m in love with a Toyota”
Last week, Wheels’ Peter Robinson was the first man to get behind the wheel of the first Toyota 86 coupe to arrive on Australian soil. “Not since first driving the Boxster in August, 1996, has any car left me as thrilled, or utterly excited, as the 86,” said Robbo.
